Bachmann GE 44 with Sound

Model Railroader Electronics and DCC
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Has anyone succeeded at putting a decoder with sound in the Bachmann GE 44? With decoders for N & Z scale so small, I would think that a sound decoder might fit in the '44.

I am a novice at this, and am trying to plan for the future of my layout and rolling stock.

Blaine

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Loksound Micro.

David B

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The decoder will fit, but where are you going to put the speaker?

4

Its a press fit to the top of the cab roof. I just installed one. Not a big deal at all…

David B

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David -

Any pictures available of that install? Which speaker did you use, and what sounds?

TIA,

Paul

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Use the speaker that comes with the micro, give it a small baffel and press it into the top of the cab.

David B

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David,

Could you provide more detail regarding the baffle you used or point me to another thread? I understand the concept, I’m less sure of the exact execution. I’m using this decoder right now in my project on an S3

Thanks,

Mark

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http://www.westportterminal.de/video/Kadee_magnet.wmv

Wolfgang Dudler published a great and highly detailed article on this in Scale Rails a few months back. Scale Rails is a great reason to belong to the NMRA. The speaker was mounted, as I recall under the motor, he removed the weight to make room.

http://www.westportterminal.de

Joe Daddy

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This topic came up a little while back. It had some interesting links and input.

http://cs.trains.com/forums/1422083/ShowPost.aspx

To my knowledge Wolfgang is the first to pull this off.